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"A right is not what someone gives you;
it's what no one can take from you."

by:	Ramsey Clark (1927-) US Attorney General (1967-69)
Source:	New York Times, 2 October 1977
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Categories:	Freedom, Individual Rights, Justice, Republic, Rights, Liberty, Civil Rights
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Something the DCeivers need to learn. -- Mike, NC 1
Amen, and Amen. -- Logan, Memphis, TN 1
Since a right can not be taken away, keep the gun control people away from the Second Amendment. -- Joe, Rochester, MI 1
Seems to me these days, people are GIVING their own rights away. -- Anonymous, Raleigh, NC 1
-- Laura, Plymouth, MA
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I think that this is very true and the greatest quote ever -- nastassja, orlando
Of course, some people, it seems, believe they have rights that simply are NOT rights. -- Anonymous
Nuff said! Love it! -- Re ' Starnes, Coeurdalene, idaho
Amen ! again. -- watchman 13, USA
Fact! -- J Carlton, Calgary
Tell that to over a million non-violent offenders currently incarcerated for victimless 'crimes' in America. Clark's statement could be confused with power, not rights. Nice sentiment, but kind of hypocritical. -- E Archer, NYC 1
Absolutely. To incarcerate an individual is not to remove an inalienable right but only, a prevention of ability to exercise such right. The "be" (visible / invisible, tangible / intangible, concrete / abstract, etc.) and the "do" are 2 different things. Rights are inalienable / unalienable. -- Mike, Norwalk 2
-- Mary, MI

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